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Subject:        Re: zip code data
Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:53:34 -0500
From:   Jeff Essic <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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The ESRI Data and Maps DVDs have zip code data under /usa/census.  The
location is a bit misleading because these are not ZCTA's but rather
appear to be derived actual zip code polygons provided by Tele-Atlas.
   There are redistribution restrictions to be aware of.  I don't think
you'll find carrier routes anywhere.

Jeff Essic
Data Services Librarian
North Carolina State University
D.H. Hill Library, Research & Information Services
Box 7111, Raleigh, NC  27695-7111
(919) 515-5698
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis




On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

     -------- Original Message --------
     Subject:        zip code data
     Date:   Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:44:07 +0000
     From:   Kollen, Chris <[log in to unmask]
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     Hi:

     I need some help finding zip code data.  A UA student who is working on
     a GIS project is looking for a shapefile of zip code data, .  She is
     looking for is the actual zip code data and not the zip code tabulation
     areas (that’s easy to find through the census bureau).  She wants the
     actual postal routes. I couldn’t see anything obvious on the Post
Office
     website, but they would be the original source.  I’m not sure how easy
     it is to get data from them.

     Thanks for any advice or leads!

     Chris Kollen

     *From:*Leigh B Perry [mailto:[log in to unmask]
     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]
     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:40 PM
     *To:* Kollen, Chris
     *Subject:* data question

     Hi!

     I'm a current UA student, working on a GIS project that will require a
     shapefile of zip code data.  So far, I've had no luck finding a source,
     and I wondered whether there might be a zip code shapefile in the
     University library's data holdings.

     While there are lots of things on the Internet which purport to be zip
     code data, most of them are polygon data of questionable origin and
     processing.  The actual zip code data would be linear, because it
     consists of postal routes.

     Thanks,
     Leigh Perry